Root hut - Negoya

Japanese: 根小屋 - ねごや

Also written as Nekoya. A settlement originating from the mansions of powerful clans that developed in medieval Japan. In the Middle Ages, the residences of headmen and lords were mainly located at the tops of hills and plateaus, and settlements of vassals and other subordinates were formed around the base of these. These settlements were called Negoya. They developed in various places from the Muromachi period to the Sengoku period, but are particularly common in the foothills of the Kanto region. The names vary by region, but place names such as Negoya, Horinouchi, Horigome, Minowa, and Yorii indicate the existence of such settlements. Settlements called Doi and Sange in the Chugoku and Shikoku regions, and Fumoto, Fumoto, and Kakoi in the Kyushu region are of the same type.

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Japanese:

根古屋とも書く。日本の中世に発達した豪族屋敷村に起源をもつ集落。中世の名主や地頭などの居館は主として丘陵や台地の先端などにあり，そのふもとにあたるところに，これを囲んで家臣団その他の従属する人々の集落が形成された。この集落を根小屋といった。室町時代から戦国時代にかけて各地に発達したが，特に関東地方の山麓地帯に多い。呼称は地方によって異なるが，根小屋，堀ノ内，堀籠 (ほりごめ) ，箕輪 (みのわ) ，寄居などの地名の存するところは，このような集落が存在したことを示す。中国，四国地方で土居 (どい) とか山下 (さんげ) ，九州地方で麓 (ふもと) や府本とか拵 (かこい) と呼んだ集落も同類型のものである。

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